Print Collections Search
The Michael Lang '67 Special Collections and Archives includes a wide range of materials—from Roman-Egyptian papyri to contemporary artists’ books. You can search our print collections using the library catalog and limiting to locations that begin with “Spec Coll.” Or you can browse and search within one of the featured collections listed below:
- Choose a collection to view a description and a list of location filters used in the library catalog.
- Select the Browse or search within this collection link for a list of all items in the collection.
- Search within the collection by selecting the ADVANCED SEARCH link and adding your search term to the second line.
Featured Collections
DESCRIPTION
The 1826 Library includes books from the first published list of the library's collection.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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Spec Coll 1826 Library
DESCRIPTION
Agha Shahid Ali was a Kashmiri-American poet who taught at Hamilton College from 1987 to 1993. Hamilton College Special Collections holds the primary archive of Shahid's papers. The collection includes: manuscripts, correspondence, journals, ephemera, photographs and video tapes, printed materials, and other items. Shahid corresponded with notable literary figures, such as Edward Said, James Merrill, and Salman Rushdie. Additionally, Shahid's personal library is deposited at Hamilton. Many of the volumes contain markings and annotations, giving some insight into his creative process.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
rb_shahid
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Spec Coll Agha Shahid Ali Collection
DESCRIPTION:
A collection of almanacs published from the mid-18th through the early-20th centuries. These printed volumes include astronomical, meteorological, and other miscellaneous data that is typically arranged the form of a calendar.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
rb_almanac
LOCATION FILTER
Spec Coll Almanacs
SEARCH
Browse or search within this collection
DESCRIPTION
The Hamilton College Archives holds Hamilton and Kirkland College records and personal papers of enduring value from administrators, faculty, students, and alumni from the founding of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy to the present.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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arch_folio
arch_ham
arch_kalm
arch_kirk
arch_media
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Spec Coll Archives Alumni
Spec Coll Archives Folio
Spec Coll Archives Hamilton College
Spec Coll Archives Kirkland Collection
Spec Coll Archives Kirkland Alumnae Collection
Spec Coll Archives Media
Spec Coll Archives Oversize
DESCRIPTION
The preeminent collection of materials on the Lesser Antilles during the colonial period features hundreds of documents, correspondence, plantation reports, images, and maps.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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rb_beinekf
rb_beineko
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Spec Coll Beinecke
Rare Book Room Beinecke Folio
Spec Coll Beinecke Oversize
DESCRIPTION
A collection featuring works that employ the structure or function of books for artistic expression along with published scholarship that explores practices related to the book as an art object.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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rb_bkartsf
rb_bkartso
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Spec Coll Book Arts
Spec Coll Book Arts Folio
Spec Coll Book Arts Oversize
DESCRIPTION
An expansive collection of published and manuscript materials relating to American communal societies from the 18th through the late-20th century.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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rb_commf
rb_commo
rb_commflm
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Spec Coll Communal Societies
Spec Coll Communal Societies Folio
Spec Coll Communal Societies Oversize
Spec Coll Communal Societies Microfiche
Spec Coll Communal Societies Microfilm
DESCRIPTION
A collection of books featuring contributions by British illustrator George Cruikshank (1792-1878).
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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rb_cruiko
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Spec Coll Cruikshank
Spec Coll Cruikshank Oversize
DESCRIPTION
A collection of books issued by Joel Munsell (1808-1880) and sons, a renowned Albany, New York, publisher.
LOCATION FILTERS
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Spec Coll Munsell
DESCRIPTION
Books from the library of the Phoenix Society, Hamilton's second oldest literary organization formed in 1815.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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Spec Coll Phoenix Society
DESCRIPTION
A comprehensive collection of works by and about Ezra Pound, Hamilton class of 1905, including first editions of all but one of Pound’s works.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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rb_poundmc
rb_poundm
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Spec Coll Pound Collection
Spec Coll Pound Collection Folio
Spec Coll Pound Collection Microfilm
Spec Coll Pound Collection Oversize
DESCRIPTION
A library initially created by John Quinn (1870-1924), a New York lawyer, art patron and avid collector of original manuscripts. Quinn’s close friend, Jeanne Robert Foster (1879-1970), who herself was an Adirondack poet, helped Quinn acquire much of his collection of art and literature. Quinn and Foster were close friends with Ezra Pound, while Foster also knew the likes of Ford Madox Ford and William Butler Yeats, among others. The collection includes books Foster was given by Quinn, or inherited from him, as well as books she collected herself.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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LOCATION FILTERS
Spec Coll Quinn Foster Library
DESCRIPTION
A collection of pamphlets and periodicals from the latter-19th century through the latter-20th century that documents organizations and individuals who advocated political and social change though revolutionary means.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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rb_rado
rb_radper
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Spec Coll Radical Pamphlets
Spec Coll Radical Pamphlets Oversize
Spec Coll Radical Periodicals
DESCRIPTION
Books from the library of the Union Society, a Hamilton literary organization formed in 1834.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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Spec Coll Union Society
DESCRIPTION
A collection of books issued by Utica, New York, publishers.
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
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LOCATION FILTERS
Spec Coll Utica Imprints
Spec Coll Utica Folio
Spec Coll Utica Oversize
Not all Special Collections and Archives materials can be found using a library catalog search. Some manuscripts, images, and similar items have been digitized and made available online. In many cases, manuscript materials will require the assistance of our staff to locate.
